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Portsmouth

Portsmouth F.C. announced plans to move away from Fratton Park to a new stadium in April 2007 nicknamed as Portsmouth Dockland Stadium situated on a piece of reclaimed land beside the Historic Dockyard in Hampshire. Portsmouth's professional football club, Portsmouth F.C.,play their home games at Fratton Park. One of the world's best known ports is Portsmouth in Hampshire. Address to two-thirds of the UK's surface fleet and considered to be the location of the Royal Navy is the HMNB Portsmouth.

The first permanent fortifications of Portsmouth in Hampshire are built by Henry V. Known now as Milton Common (formerly Milton Lake)described as a "flat scrubby land with a series of freshwater lakes" is the residential district of Milton and an area of reclaimed land to the north of Eastney. In 1948 an industrial estate was built in Fratton and in the 1950s and 1960s others were built at Paulsgrove and Farlington; the new works Portsmouth council attempted to create in Hampshire.

Situated to the south of Portsea Island is the seaside resort of Southsea, and Eastney is the area known in the east. Fountain Lake near the harbour, Portchester Lake in the central south, Brick Kiln Lake and Tipner to the east, and Bombketch including Spider Lakes to the west are the series of lakes within Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire. Around Portchester, in the channel further to the northwest, are Wicor, Cams, and Great Cams Lakes. Ranked among the world's best modern universities, enrolling 23,000 students, is the University of Portsmouth.

Portsmouth Airport is the own airport Portsmouth had until its closure in 1973. Gunwharf Quays is a retail park refound from the former HMS Vernon naval shore corporation. Departments such as tax support, housing benefits, resident services, and municipal functions, are the Civic Offices the council is based. Along with Portsmouth Guildhall and Portsmouth Central Library, in Guildhall Square is where they are situated.

The world's first mass production line at Portsmouth Block Mills making pulley blocks for rigging on the navy's ships was established by Marc Isambard Brunel. In the second half of the 12th century, Portsmouth's first chapel was built by Jean de Gisors dedicated to Thomas Becket and was rebuilt and found into the parish church and then Anglican cathedral. During the Siege of Portsmouth, in 1642, it was damaged but after the restoration of the monarchy, the tower and nave were rebuilt.

Charles I (then Prince of Wales) returned to Portsmouth from his travels in France and Spain in 1623. Five years later, George Villiers the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Charles' unpopular military adviser was stabbed to death in an Old Portsmouth pub by war veteran John Felton. Founded in 1732 by the Mayor of Portsmouth, is the Portsmouth Grammar School, the oldest independent schools within Portsmouth, which has been rated as one of the best private schools in the country. At the United Services Recreation Ground in Portsmouth, the Rugby teams, United Services Portsmouth RFC and Royal Navy Rugby Union, play their home matches.